Saturday, December 15, 2018

Unmasked! -- Wrestlers who lost their masks in Toronto : Gary Will's TWH

Masked wrestlers in Toronto date back to the first appearance of the area's first Masked Marvel in 1932. More than 20 wrestlers lost their masks in the ring in Toronto:

DATE

NAME

UNMASKED AS

UNMASKED BY

36/06/18

The Unknown

Hal Rumberg

Jim McMillen

38/09/29

Masked Marvel

Ted Cox

Mayes McLain

41/11/27

Masked Wolf

John Grandovich

The Angel

43/08/12

Red Shadow

Leo Numa

Wild Bill Longson

44/01/05

The Czar

Dick Lever

Bobby Managoff

48/01/08

The Mummy

Pedro Martinez

Masked Marvel

49/01/27

Mr. X

Earl McCready

Masked Marvel & tag partners

49/02/17

Masked Marvel

Lew Reynheer

Whipper Billy Watson

51/02/22

Masked Manager

Mayes McLain

Whipper Billy Watson

51/08/30

Masked Marvel

Lou Newman

The Zebra

51/11/29

The Zebra

George Bollas

Whipper Billy Watson

52/12/26

Masked Marvel

Frank Valois

Red Mask

53/06/11

Red Mask

Dutch Hefner

Lou Thesz

59/06/04

Great Bolo

Al Lovelock

Whipper Billy Watson

61/05/25

Black Terror

Laverne Baxter

Whipper Billy Watson

64/01/16

The Destroyer

Joe Christie

Johnny Valentine

64/05/06

Mighty Hercules

not identified

Johnny Valentine

66/07/10

Masked Yankee Dandy

Bob Stanlee

Whipper Watson/Bulldog Brower

66/07/10

Masked Yankee Doodle

Moose Evans

Whipper Watson/Bulldog Brower

71/07/11

Masked Assassin

Guy Mitchell

The Sheik

74/04/07

The Crusader

Dewey Robertson

The Sheik

80/05/25

Masked Superstar #2

John Studd

Blackjack Mulligan

84/04/15

Assassin

Ray Hernandez

Jimmy Valiant

Four Masked Marvels were unmasked in Toronto, but the first one -- the one from 1932 -- never was. It was said to be Al Getzewich, who was unmasked later that year in Ottawa by Strangler Lewis.The later versions of the Masked Marvel were sometimes called The Mask, as in the ad at right. That's for the August 30, 1951 show where Zebra unmasked The Mask and revealed him to be Vancouver's Lou Newman.
The Mighty Hercules from 1964 was said to be Bobby Graham in the papers, but he was the only one who was not formally identified after having his mask removed.
-by Gary Will